Sales book



J. N. POWERS.

SALES BOOK. n APPLICATION FILED AUG.6, 1921.

1,425, 90, Patented Aug. 15, 1922,

I234-56789l0203D4-0 5060 70 80 9Q I JOHN N. POWERS, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or cows/rising Y meaeeo.

To all whom it may bmcem:

Be it, known that I, JOHN N.-Powiiiis, a

citizenio f'the United States, and resident of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sales Books, of which the fol} lowing is a specification. 7 V I I "My invention relates to manifold sales books particularlyof the' triplicate record type, that is,1of the type inwhich the record sheets are divided by weakened lines into three sections designed to be folded into su'-' perimposed relation with transfer sheets be,- tween them, whereby the desired original and twocopies of any given transaction may be recorded; and it is my purpose to provide improvements in such books whereby thenumber .of operations necessary to structurally produce the. same are reduced to a minimum and whereby the production cost is as a result correspondingly lowered.

More specifically my invention consists in cutting the upper ends of the record'sheets alonga straight line diagonal with respect to their vertical'edges so that as previously mentioned, the books are cheap and easy to produce while at the same time the respective sections. are readily foldable one upon the other ina desired mannerand in other respects are capable'of quick and. easy'manipulation' With the foregoing and otherv purposesin View; my invention consists in the novel features of constr'uction andrelative arrangements as will, be herelnafter more fully explained; illustrated in the accompanying drawings, "and claimed v In the draw ngs wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts inthe d1fferent views F'g. 1 is a perspeotiveof a salesbook enibodying the novel and essential characteristics of my invention, one of the foldable f sheet sections being shown in e'xtended'position in dotted linesand the carbon sheets being shown extended to more. clearly illus trate the arrangement 3 Fig. 2, aview similar'to Fig. 1 showing themanner of foldingthe-record sheet sections and the carbon sheets prep aratoryto recording a-transactlom Specification of :LettersPatent. p t' ntedo g 5,1 22 3 Application filedeugust 6,1921. Serial No. 490,334. I i i i it 7 si 3 3 ons view shewin inore learly record sections 5 showingthe arrangement of figures. thereonrepresenting different transaction.

. Referringitoin detail; will be observed thatlhave illustrated my" values and adapted to becross'ed out to indiv .cate the amount invol'ved! in [any givenimproved sales'b'o'ok as embodying the'usual record sheets,'c'arbon,or} transfer sheets for (insertion between'the respective sections of the record sheets when the latterj are folded, and a cover towhich the record and transfer sheets are secured orattached.v

This constitutes my sales book in '70 .plete preferred embodiment as the sle ments thereof are relatively permanently associated and the rbo o'k as an entirety is strong, durable, convenient to use and of I attractive appearance. improvements, however, are d'lreotedysolely' 'to th'e' record" sheets vwhichfin theno selves constitute a sales book capable offusewith or, without a; cover and with transfer sheets either looseprper;

manently' associated'.,therewith inanyTpre I .ferred manner; irrespective of: whether a cover s or is not PIOVlClGd.

The record sheets 10 are beingshown in the present 'instanceIdesig- V p g gdividedby one or more Weakened'vertical lines 11 into record SQClJlOIlS of any.desirednunibenthree H natedfrorn left to right a, bi, and 0, re'spectively. .These sections are adapted to be foldedin superimposed relation with car'- bon sheets between them whereby two copies in addition to an 'origin'al record j'of fany given transaction .;1nay be. produced First; "a 1 1 transfer sheet 121s placed upon section a. H I

Sectionb' is then folded over upon section a and the transfer sheet and a second transfer sheet 13 is then placed'upon that'side of section b "which was-"originally its; rear 7 face. I Finally'section a s folded u'pon see; I

tion; brandi the" second 'transferfsheetjwith i the final result illustrated! in Fig. 2; Secr tioncc as a consequence is disposed upper;

most andconstitutes the original record. sec- I tion while sheets 6 and-ojrlespectivelyiconstitute the first and 'seeond copy sections.

Sections 7) and c are adapted to be separated from section sand from each other along the weakened lines as is understood. Q

I am aware that sales books having record sheets of the type mentioned designed to be folded in the manner indicated and subse quently separatedhave" been produced heretofore, but they have not comeinto more general use principally because'of thecom-.

paratively excessive cost of their production, for; proyision must be ,made to avoid interference between the respective sections during folding and heretofore this-has required separate cutting operations upon the sheets in suclnmanner that'only re'latively small numbers of the same could be produced at one operation. In F 3 of the drawings the light lines 14 indicate approximately the original con,- dition of the sheets before being cut either as heretofore or in accordance with any present improvements whereby sections 6 and a may be folded upon each other and upon section ct without interference by the The manner of cutting the latter sections. p v sheets heretofore sindicated by the dotted lines ld-ltS-from which it is apparent thatseparate-cuts are necessaryand due to the relative angularityof the, same it is further apparent that only small numbers of sheets may be cut at one operation. I eliminate these disadvantages and as a result reduce the cost of manufacture by cutting the upper ends of the sheets at an anglewith respect to their side edges as indicated in each of the views at 17. vzlhe degree of angularity of this cut may be varied within maximum I limits, but preferably'it will be sufficiently great to permit free folding of the sections without interference one with the other and sufiiciently slight to avoid the unnecessary wastage, of paper. Preferably I begin this angular'cut at a point approximately mid way between the vertical sides of the sectionsa and cut in a straight line downwardly and outwardly towards section 0.

The binding for the sheets whereby they are secured together ,in pad form 1s located at the upperend of the section a and extends fromthe lefthand edges of the sheetsonly as far as the point at which the cut 17 begins. The sections athereior after sections 6 and 0" have been severed therefrom, and upon being turned back as indicated at 18 in 'Fig. ,1 are capable of relatively great lateral movement without tearing which is a result of the flexibility produced by the manner of cutting and binding specified and which is desirable in theuse of the book as the tendencyor the sect ons a to turn back and assume their'flat pad form'is toa large extent eliminated. 2 As previously intimated my improvement consisting in angularly cutting the upper record section when edges of the sheets is equally applicable to record sheets having a greater or less number of record sections than the three sections herein illustrated and regardless of the number of sections to each sheet the same may be arranged in perfectly flat pad form or they may beinitially folded as indicated in Fig. l to reduce the lateral dimension of correctamount of sums of money indisv tinctly or carelessly written on said sheets. Thls means consists of two rows offigures arranged ,1n any preferred manner on the respective section's andrespectively indicating dollars and cents whereby :a clerk by crossing outcertain of these numbers may indicatethe exact amount of anyparticular sale ortransaction. For instance, if a sale amounted to four dollars and thirty cents the numeral four in the dollars column and the numeral thirty in the cents col umn would be crossed out and so on, and the cashier or person making change would lrnow exactly the amount of the transaction whether the clerks record wasor was not distinct. v Each sheet isprovided with the columns of'figures mentionedand these columns are so arranged that theylie directly over one another whenlthe sect-ions are-folded,

whereby the figures of each section are crossed out in av corresponding manner.

1 claim 1. A manifold sales book comprising record sheets divided into sections adapted to be folded into superimposed relation, corresponding edges of the respective sheets belng cut at an anglewith respect to their d1rection of fold, said angular out extending in a I straight line-through all ofthe sections'when the latter vare in unfolded relation.

In manifold sales book, a record sheet divided into sections adapted tobe folded into superimposed relation, an edge of said sheet being cut at an angle to the direction of fold of the sections thereof, said cut extending in a straight line through. all

of the sections when the latter are inunfolded relation.

3. In a manifold salesbook, a record sheet divided by weakened lines into record sections adapted tobe folded into superimposed relation, an edge of said'sheet being out at an angle. to the direction of ,fold, said out being straight and. continuing through each the latter are in unfolded relation. v l

4. A manifold sales book comprising-rec tion and adjacent edges of the other sec ordsheets divided into sections adapted to tions being out at an angle to the direotion be folded into superimposed relation, means i of fold. r 10 binding said sheets together, said means ex- I In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix'my- 5 tending throughout only a portion of the signature.

extent of one edge of a; single record section, I the remaining edge portion of the same seo- JOHN N. POWERS. 

